MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) – Community members gathered at Warbird Park in Myrtle Beach to thank veterans for their service and sacrifice, while remembering those who did not make it home.
Remembering those who did not return
David Maxwell, a U.S. Army veteran, said the ceremony serves as a reminder of those who did not return.
“It is important for us to remind everybody of all those that did not come back and to educate the younger generation who may not know everything that transpired like some of us old people did,” Maxwell said.
Vietnam War Memorial sculptures unveiled
The ceremony also welcomed Vietnam veterans home. Many Vietnam veterans did not receive a warm welcome when they returned from the war in the 1960s and 1970s.
Sculptures for the Vietnam War Memorial were unveiled at Warbird Park with a message for those veterans: welcome home. The crowd shared the same message as the sculptures were unveiled…